Improvement in stove-pipe shelves



` 1. F. BEcKwITH.

Stove-Pipe Shelves.

N0. 143,320. Pate'nted September30,18 73.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

*JAMESu F. BEOKWITH, OF ALBION, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN STOVE-PIPE SHELVES. I

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 143,320, datedSeptember 30, 1873; application filed August 8, 1873.

'To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J AMES F. BEcKwITH, of Albion, in the county ofOrleans and State of New York, have invented certain Improvements inStove-Pipe Shelves, of which the following is a specification:

'Ihe object of my invention is to provide a shelf which may be easilyattached to the pipe which leads from the stove, and which may be foldedup at pleasure.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a top view, Fig. 2 is a bottom view, Fig. 8is a side view, of a portion of one of the hinges.

The shelf is made in three principal parts, two of which, A and B, areprovided with semicircular recesses at a and b, which, when placedtogether, form a circular opening of suitable size to embrace the pipefor which the shelf is intended. The parts A and B are hinged togetherat O by means of a rivet or bolt, and at D they are clamped together bymeans of the bolt d, which passes through the lugs o c. E E are armswhichY are cast on the parts A and B, and are provided with the notchese-e and the lugs f f, which may be placed as represented in the drawing,or on the other side of the notches e e. F is the movable or foldingpart of the shelf, which is sustained by the wires g g, placed acrossopenings left for that purpose. rlhese wires rest in the notches e e,and form a hinge on which the shelf F turns. h h are lugs which arecaston the shelf F, and serve to prevent it from getting below a horizontalposition when it is let down.

The design of the shelf is such that very little labor is required inits manufacture, all the holes being cast in 5 also the wires g g, whichform the hinge.

The shelf represented in the drawing is plain, but the manufacturer mayexercise his taste in using any design of scroll or net-work.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The stove-pipe shelf constructed of the p arts A, B, and F, hinge O,bolt d, arms E, wires g, and lugs h, substantially as specied.

JAMES F. BECKWITH.

Witnesses:

O. MoREnoUsE, GEO. BULLARD.

